Finalists for Emerging Payments Awards

The 8th Emerging Payments Awards take place in London tonight. The categories and finalists are:

Best Prepaid Gift Programme

• Buyatab Online Inc.
  Tim Hortons – eTim Card Program
• First Data
  Decathlon ‘Sports as a gift’
• One4all Gift Cards 
  The leading choice for innovation, flexibility and security
• SVS
  Tesco

2. Best Prepaid Consumer Programme

• Ffrees
  Ffrees Family Finance
  
  My Card International Limited
  The Prepaid Lyoness MasterCard
• Paysafecard
  Online Prepaid pays off
• PPRO Group
  VIABUY

3. Best Prepaid Card and/or Packaging Design

• CPI Card Group/Boots UK
  Boots Christmas Robin Gift Card
  
  First Data
  ASDA Frozen Gift Card
• First Data
  Decathlon Christmas Box
• Peak Financial Services
  CashCard

4. Leading Prepaid Organisation

• Prepaid Financial Services
• PrePay Solutions
• Stored Value Solutions
• Raphaels Bank
• Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd

5. Best Digital Gifting Programme

• Buyatab Online Inc.
  Tim Hortons – eTim Card Program
  
  Judo Payments and Givvit
  The Social Treating app
• P&MM Ltd
  e-Spree virtual prepaid MasterCard®

6. Best P2P or Remittance Programme

• PayPoint & i-movo
  Quick Credit Voucher System
  
  Peak Financial Services
  CashCard Home
• Safaricom Limited
  M-PESA

7. Best Online Payment Solution

• Allied Wallet
  
  Credorax
  USA’s TransNational BankCard Goes Global
• Optimal Payments
• PayPoint Mobile and Online

8. Best Security/ Anti-Fraud Programme

• Allied Wallet
  
  Ethoca
  Ethoca Alerts
• Kount
  Kount Complete
• VeriFone
  SCA: A critical safeguard for emerging payment data
• W2 Global Data

9. Best Corporate/Government Payments Programme

• Advanced Payment Solutions
  Cashplus Business Account
  
  Hyperwallet
  Hyperwallet’s “Paylution” Global Disbursements Program
• Kent County Council & Prepaid Financial Services
  Integrated Payments Programme
• National Payments Corporation of India
  Aadhaar Payment Bridge Systems

10. Best Mobile Application

• Bank Zachodni WBK
  BZWBK24 mobile
  
  PayPoint Mobile and Online
  PayByPhone
• TEB & BNP Paribas
  CEPTETEB- The new generation digital banking
• Wirecard 
  Orange Cash by Wirecard

11. Best Wallet

• Cashcloud
  cashcloud mobile eWallet
  
  MasterCard
  MasterPass™ by MasterCard®
• My Mobile Payments Limited
  MoneyOnMobile
• Tuxedo Money Solutions
  Join SAM

12. Best Payment Technological Innovation

• Clover Mobile: The Future-Proof mPOS
  
  eNett Virtual Account Numbers
• First Data Merchant SolutionsClover Station
• Payment Card TechnologiesTravel Welfare

13. Best Contactless Programme

• Barclaycard
  bPay by Barclaycard
  
  Carta Worldwide
  Contactless Bank Card Payments enabled on Vodafone Wallet
• Prepaid Financial Services
  Perigee Payments Limited: MAAXITAXI & MAAXITAP

14. Emerging Payments Innovation of the Year

• Contis Group
  Engage by Contis
  
  First Data Merchant SolutionsClover Station
• Global Payments
  truRating
• Kalixa
  KiTTi
• P&MM Ltd
  e-Spree virtual prepaid MasterCard®

15. Retail Innovation in Emerging Payments

• First Data Merchant SolutionsClover Station
• MyCard International Limited
  The Prepaid Lyoness MasterCard
• PayPoint & i-movo
  Quick Credit Voucher System
• Safaricom Limited
  Cashless payment: Solution for Innovation

16. Emerging Payments Marketing Campaign of the Year

• Credorax
  The Smart Acquirer
  
  First Rate Exchange Services Limited
  Post Office Travel Money Card Plus
• Optimal Payments

17. Leading Emerging Payments Organisation

• Currency Cloud
  
  eNett International
• PayCommerce
• PPRO Group
• PrePay Solutions

18. Merchant Acquirer of the Year

• Credorax
  
  Secure Trading Financial Services Ltd
• Wirecard Card Solutions Ltd

19. Best Emerging Payments Start-Up

• MyCheck
  Reaping the rewards of bridging payments and loyalty
  
  Optimal Payments
  Revolut
• AstroPay
• DigiSEq Ltd ‘The payment device enabler’

20. Emerging Payments Entrepreneur of the Year

• eNett International
  Anthony Hynes
  
  Allied WalletAndy Khawaja
• PPRO Group
  Tobias Schreyer
• Prepaid Financial Services
  Noel Moran

Good luck from all at www.cardandpaymentjobs.com

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PayPal announces Card Reader, app for Android, iOS

PayPal has announced a new mobile payment service involving a Card Reader and an app for the service called PayPal Here.

PayPal, has launched a new service to enable mobile payments named PayPal Here.

PayPal Here works in tandem with a small device that needs to be plugged into an Apple iPhone or Android based smartphone and used with a specific app. The PayPal Here app can be used to accept any type of credit card, debit card and even cash. The PayPal Here device and service will be immediately made available to selected merchants in the US, Australia, Canada and Hong Kong.

PayPal Here is the new mobile payment service that will let you pay using your credit card or debit card from practically anywhere. A small triangular dongle - Card Reader, needs to be plugged to the merchant's device and the PayPal Here app needs to be loaded on the iPhone or an Android smartphone. After that the merchant simply swipes users' credit/debit card across the dongle to initiate the transaction. Then the merchant has to enter the CVV and the other details. A receipt can then be printed using Apple's AirPrint wireless printing service.

Alternatively, the PayPal Here app can be used to scan the credit card or debit card using the smartphone's camera. The Merchant can then proceed with the transaction process. In any case, the merchant requires the customer to enter the CVV code and only then successfully complete the transaction. Besides enabling mobile payment, the PayPal Here app will offer integration to the merchant's inventory, invoices and billing systems.

It is interesting to see PayPal offer such  an innovative solution while mobile payments through Near Field Communication technology is still some time away from becoming a mainstream payment method.

 PayPal has already released a Widget that allows payments via NFC technology.

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